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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning, thanks for being with us this morning. And
the Big Three. President Trump says he is sending the
National Guard into Chicago whether they like it or not. Well,
we're going in. I didn't say when we're going in
when you lose. Look, I have an obligation. This isn't
a political thing. I have an obligation. He does have
(00:20):
an obligation, so does the governor, and so does the mayor.
But they've been ignoring their obligation because they're so blinded
by a hatred of Donald Trump. They won't save the
lives of their own people. After meeting with ten victims
of Jeffrey Epstein's the House Oversight Committee releases thousands of files,
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but they're heavily redacted. Now they're going to hold a
public hearing with some of those same victims today. This
is what Congressman Thomas Massey said about it yesterday.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
What's going to change everything is tomorrow at ten thirty,
when we the survivors testifying in public, some of whom
have never spoken publicly. And they've already met with the
Oversight Committee and its allegedly a very emotional meeting, and
that's all behind closed stores. But it's going to be
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open to the public.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
So we'll have more on that tomorrow. But ten thirty today,
if you want to watch it, it's going to be
covered by all of the networks. In the New York
City's mayor all raised candidates Jim Walden. He was running fifth.
Remember he had about three percent of the vote. He's
ended his campaign, But the most important thing is he's
urging other candidates to do the same. But at this point,
(01:39):
it's really important that there'd be one free market candidate
against the socialist agenda of mister mumdani Well. It was
the first day back to school for many kids in
New York State. On Long Island, they were back to
school and the first day of a no cell phone ban, which,
by the way, gotten reviews. I don't really like it.
Speaker 3 (02:02):
I'll come is like is born today.
Speaker 4 (02:05):
I felt like like I paid attention.
Speaker 5 (02:07):
Yeah productive, is.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
That a good thing?
Speaker 5 (02:09):
Yeah it's a good thing.
Speaker 1 (02:12):
Yeah it's we'll see if it's a good thing. I'm
surprised that so many of the kids that I saw
interviewed about this actually liked it, and they were the
kids that said that they're they're learning from this. So
by the way that wildfire in Passaic County that we
talked about. Seventy acres were on fire. One hundred acres
is considered a major wildfire. It's it's taking place at
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a reserve that was as of this morning, and we
were supposed to get an update at eight thirty on that.
So at the bottom of the hour, we will certainly
tell you about that. In the meantime, i'll tell you
what ten thirty today on MSNBC and CNN and Fox News.
(02:56):
It's going to be musty TV for a whole lot
of people that are interested in in the Epstein files,
because we're going to hear from victims that have never
spoken out before. And I've said this many times, many
many times, and I stick to this. I've been back
and forth on the Epstein files. At first, I thought,
what's all the fuss about. Then I thought, okay, we
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should send them out. My feeling right now is I
want what the victims want. They're the ones that matter,
They're the ones that have a stake in this. If
they want the files out, I'm with them. If they
don't want the files out, then I don't want the
files out either, because it's going to hurt them. Too much.
They are the only ones that matter in this argument.
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And with that, now let's get to Vicki Pallandino, new
York City Council member represents District nineteen of Northeast Queens
with us every Wednesday at this time, and Vicky, I
wanted to talk to you about Jim Walden dropping out
of the race. Not that that's that significant because he
never caught fire. He's about three percent in the polls.
But what was significant is what he said from the
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very beginning, and that is, if I don't see a
path to victory, I'm going to drop out. And I
think others with no path to victory should do the same,
so we can stop zorin, Mom, Donnie, do you think
the same thing?
Speaker 6 (04:21):
He was very profound. I mean, I always liked the guy.
There was something about him that I saw in the debates.
There's something real about this guy, and that just goes
to show that anybody who felt that way was correct.
Decent human beings saw the writing on the wall. But
let's remember also, his polling numbers were so so incredibly
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low that he did absolutely the right thing to do,
which was to drop out. As far as anybody else goes.
I think we all know that Cuomo is not going anywhere,
Adams is not going any where, and Curtis is having
a surge that I don't think really should be ignored anymore.
(05:06):
And I'll tell you why I think that he was.
He spoke last night at a place in Queen's called
north Shore Towers. North Shore Towers populates thousands of people
and it's blue dog liberal Democrats, and he filled the
auditorium last night that speaks volumes. They would never they rarely,
(05:29):
if ever had a Republican speak there. So he got
up on that stage and he stated exactly what his
plans are, which was an excellent way to go because
his first line was I could get up here and
talk about the other candidates, but I won't do that.
Let me lay out my vision. And he took it
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from there and the crowd loved it. So, you know,
the other thing that's worth mentioning, Larry is the fact
that Zoe Ran has never been able to break more
than forty percent and his polling if you if you
notice that, you know he's not bringing any new voters
to a so called coalition, and uh, you know that
one poll I think it was a week or two ago.
(06:14):
Everybody was freaking out because he pulled at fifty percent.
Well that's fifty percent was an anomaly. He was done
by his own people. So and who's just people, Larry.
He's not popular with the working class New Yorkers. He's
not popular, you know, with our bus drivers and with
our you know, real people. He's he's he's with these
(06:38):
affluent transplants, you know, young people, and uh, you know
this is it? They work for non for profits.
Speaker 1 (06:48):
Yeah, I know, I know who he is, and I'm
afraid of him, and I, like you are, I'm afraid
of him. So let me ask you this question, let
me rephrase him. Yeah, because I love Curtis Lee with
two I do. He's been great to me in my
career and and I'm a friend, and I hope he
does well. However, right, IFMO is a running second, and
(07:08):
it's a month from now and it looks like Zuramam
Donnie is going to win, wouldn't it be wise for
not only Eric Adams, but Curtis Lee would a drop out?
Speaker 6 (07:21):
And like you say, he's a friend of mine too,
and a really good friend of mine. You know what, Larry,
I won't speak to that because in my opinion, he's
the legitimate and I think in everybody's opinion he is
the legitimate Republican candidate. I know what everybody's saying about Cuomo.
(07:45):
I'm going to still take that wait and see attitude
because Zoe an it's an oxymoron that he's the legitimate
Democrat candidate, because he's not. He's a Democrat socialist. However,
let's see how Cuomo does. Cuomo is still I feel
I don't care what the polls say. He's lacking the
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zest and he's lacking, uh that that that push that
he really needs to do to show up against this
young person. I think Curtis brings such a history with
him and such a good history with him that, uh,
it's just the fabric of Curtis Leewa. So I would say,
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let's wait this out, Let's see what's gonna happen. Happy
September everybody, Yeah, how long are.
Speaker 1 (08:37):
You willing to wait? Before years? You say?
Speaker 6 (08:40):
You know, I'm gonna I'm gonna go a couple of
weeks in Larry, I'm going to go into We're only
on the third of September. I'm going to go into
like next week when we speak, and definitely the week
after that. I think we're going to have to have
some very serious conversations. But with that to the side,
you know, you said you know Kur artist and you
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say you're a friend and you know him, so I
know him too. Do you honestly think in your gut
that this guy is gonna pull out no matter what
the poland numbers says.
Speaker 1 (09:11):
No, I don't, absolutely don't. And by the way, if
it's saving the city from a socialist, if it is,
and I'm not saying we're at that point right now,
if it is, I hope he does the right thing.
Speaker 6 (09:23):
Yes, you know, I think everybody's hoping for that. And uh,
like I said, there's a lot of conversation going on,
but not about dropping out. There's a lot of conversation
going on in the campaign that you know, you could
do this, you could do this, but it comes to time, Larry,
where numbers don't lie, and uh, you know, we will
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have to decide from that point going forward. I spoke yesterday, Oh,
by the way, if I could push this out, hey, everybody,
Vicky Palladino's running for office.
Speaker 1 (09:57):
My band, I didn't forget that. I didn't forget that
we got carried away with this conversation. Let me do this.
You'll be back next week. That's all we'll talk about
is your campaign. Okay, let's do it.
Speaker 6 (10:11):
No no, no, no, no, I don't want to talk about it.
My grand opening is this Saturday at the Bay Terror
Shopping Center from one to four of my campaign headquarters.
If anybody wants to come join us, it's the Bay
Terrace Shopping Center in Baseiquin.
Speaker 1 (10:25):
I'm glad we got that in great. Thank you very much.
Counsel the council woman Vicki Palladino is with us. Every
Wednesday at eight o five, police find a five year
old at Chick fil A by himself and his parents. Now, well,
if they're there, they have some explaining to do. We'll
tell you what happened next. Plus tickets to see Hugh Jackman.
So stay with us. Well, thanks so much for your talkbacks.
(10:47):
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Speaker 7 (11:14):
Larry, I just want to thank you for your recommendation
on Rolling Thunder. I went over the weekend with my
son and it was fantastic.
Speaker 8 (11:25):
I heard you talking about it one Monday morning, So
I just want to thank you. Keep the recommendations coming.
And you know, Larry, you're good for so many different things.
Speaker 1 (11:38):
Oh wow, I don't know how to take that. How
many things? What am I good for? Because my wife
would absolutely disagree with that. She would say, there's a
couple things you're good for, but really nothing else.
Speaker 9 (11:53):
When are these democrats going to understand that every one
of these crime bridden cities are run by democrats. One
of the people that vote are going to look at
this and say, oh, you know what, there's a big
crime problem in these cities that are run by democrats.
Let's change it out, get these people out of here,
let's fix it, and if we need help, ask for help.
(12:16):
I just don't understand these morons.
Speaker 1 (12:19):
Yeah, I'm with you. There are absolute crime problems in
democratic cities because of democratic policies. It's only in those
democratic cities and states where you have sanctuary city laws.
That is a recipe for disaster right there. And then
when you add no cash bail on top of that,
(12:40):
so you know you have now criminals to come across
the border. They know where to go. That's why they're
asking to go to New York. That's why they're asking
to go to Chicago. That's why they're asking you to
go to la They know they're going to be protected
there from the police and from ice, so they go
there and then they commit crimes and they know they're
going to be let out over and over and over again.
(13:01):
It is the dumbest policies and the fact that they
don't see that, the fact that they can't go you
know what, we're wrong, or just not even say you're wrong,
just get rid of the policies. But they keep doubling
it down, Democrat after Democrat after a Democrat. You'd think
a new one would come in and go, hey, these
guys didn't know what they were doing in the past,
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but none of that happens. By the way, I've talked
too much about what I'm good for not about Rolling Thunder.
Tremendous play, and thanks for the first talk back about that.
It's a wonderful play about Vietnam, and all the words
are actually written by Vietnam veterans and passed along after
interviews and letters. If you get a chance to see it,
(13:45):
please and especially if you're a veteran, go to see it.
Speaker 8 (13:48):
I believe we can do the Epstein files and everything
else at the same time. We can walk and chew
gum at the same time.
Speaker 1 (14:00):
Yeah. Again, I'll do whatever the victims want if they
want Tom released, but I don't see the overall benefit
of doing it. And now one last talk back about
Jeffrey Lickman.
Speaker 10 (14:12):
Jeffrey Lickman might be Adams doesn't belong anywhere near in
government Sliwa. I'm sorry, but he's right. The guy is
living some fighting some other board, doing something else. But
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Cuomo wants Cuomo doing anything.
Speaker 1 (14:40):
Yeah, it's not a great choice, but it's the choice
we got, so you have to understand that. That's what's important.
Now the News at eight thirty with Jacqueline Carl, Jacquelin.
Speaker 11 (14:50):
Larry, Good Morning, Victims of late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein,
and Gallainne Maxwell will speak about their abuse on Capitol
Hill today. It's the latest chapter and what's turned into
the contentious investigation into the so called Epstein files.
Speaker 1 (15:04):
At A school board.
Speaker 11 (15:05):
On Long Island is approving a settlement with New York
State that tweaks their mascot name to comply with state law.
Speaker 3 (15:12):
The connect Quatt Central School District has voted to use
the name T Birds instead of Thunderbirds. This is part
of a settlement deal after the state sue the district
for refusing to change the name. New state law bands
Native American names and mascots in public schools. The settlement
allows the district to keep the imagery and logos that
go along with the T Birds name. I'm Scottpringle wrdw's.
Speaker 11 (15:33):
Has anybody ever heard of this? Larry the three three
three method that can boost productivity and focus in part
of it, neither of IY so listen to this. It's
according to Bustle, which is a woman's online magazine, a
productivity started by a guy. A productivity hack known as
the three through three method is going viral on social media,
(15:55):
and fans say it helps them stay organized, focused, and
productive without getting a overwhelmed. I'm already overwhelmed by the
first three. The first three is doing three whole hours
of deep work on a major product to kickstart the day.
That's followed by break, and then doing three time sensitive
things that need to happen asap, and finally three tasks
(16:19):
you need to complete to keep your life running smoothly.
Do any of these threes evolve going to a job
or are you supposed to be at the job doing them?
I don't understand.
Speaker 1 (16:28):
I would assume you're at the job, but I'm out.
I was out of the after the first one, right, yeah, no,
so yeah, Now who is this person saying this?
Speaker 11 (16:37):
This is according to this magazine called Bustle of women's
online magazine.
Speaker 1 (16:41):
All right, so is it the writer or they talk
to an expert about that?
Speaker 11 (16:48):
I mean, I'm on Bustle here a gun to my head.
Speaker 1 (16:50):
I don't know if that, but this is what this is.
Speaker 11 (16:53):
Is like somebody came up with this and it just
went viral on social media. I don't know if it
was an expert gun to my head, I would say.
Speaker 1 (17:00):
No, I don't think so. Thank you, Thanks so much,
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on the funding fight and what we're learning from the
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Speaker 12 (18:23):
Well.
Speaker 1 (18:24):
After a nice long break, Congress is now back to
business and what is on top of the agenda, I mean,
aside from the Epstein files and the Epstein hearing. Another
government shutdown. Yep, we're there again. Let's talk to alipicorin
(18:46):
ABC News correspondent on Capitol Hill about this. Ali, I
can't believe this just keeps happening. It seems like it's
happening several times a year that we're facing the barrel
of a gun that the government's going to be shut down,
and that sucks up all the attention. How did it
happen so quickly?
Speaker 12 (19:06):
Yeah, you're right, this is a constant issue on Capitol Hill,
and especially in the last couple of years, we've been
seeing government funding kind of percolating as an issue every
couple of months. That's largely because of the way that
Congress has been choosing to deal with sort of these
increased tensions on Capitol Hill about funding the government. So
rather than passing a full year government funding package at
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the end of this month, as lawmakers typically do, lately,
we've been seeing Congress governed through these things called the
continuing resolutions, which means they only usually last a few
months at the time. Now, the last thing we thought
Congress pass a continuing resolution was in March that funded
the government until the end of this coming month. But
here we are again back at this issue, and there's
a lot of debate going on about Capitol Hill about
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how they want to precede any solution that they come
up with. It's going to require at least some democratic
buying in the Senate. So there's a lot of back
and forth going on right now about how to get
to a solution that both parties can agree.
Speaker 1 (20:00):
Why is there any end to this cycle? It seems
like these continuing resolutions just keep happening, and it's a
roller coaster of fights over these budgets, and yet then
we have it in just a couple of months after that.
What has to happen to stop this continuing cycle?
Speaker 12 (20:21):
Yeah, I mean, lawmakers need to get it through their
head that there needs to be a little bit more
prioritization on funding the government for full year CRS if
that's what they want to do. So normally, what Congress
is supposed to do is pass this big package of
government funding bills at the end of the month of September,
that's the end of the fiscal year that funds everything
for the entire year. Typically, though there's been more and
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more partisan bickering going on. It's harder and harder to
get to a solution on all twelve of those bills
and pass them. And that's why Congress passes these continuing resolutions,
because they have to kick the deadline down for themselves
to continue having these discussions every year. There's sort of
this renewed push government funding bills. This year of the Congress,
or at least the Senate side had taken up a
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few of those bills and past them. That won't be
enough to stop the government from at least a partial shutdown,
but that there's still just this very contentious environment on
Capitol Hill right now how to deal with these things,
especially as this administration has made cutting fundings from the
government a very big part of President Trump's priority list.
Speaker 1 (21:23):
Right there's a very slim majority, as you know, in
both the House and the Senate, so sometimes it's difficult
to get anything through. They were pretty good the last
time they had a budget. All the Republicans got in
line and they were able to get something through. Do
they think it's going to be seamless again this time,
or is it going to be a problem right now.
Speaker 12 (21:45):
There's a lot of finger pointing going on across the island,
across the chambers on Capitol Hill, So Democrats blaming Republicans
for a looming shutdown, Republicans blaming Democrats. I should also
say that while Democrats are trying to sort of stake
out exactly how they want to navigate this debate in
the Senate, there's also a bit of a divide right
now between how House Republicans and Senate Republicans want to
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deal with government funding. Senate Republicans have higher budget levels
in a number of areas, whereas House Republicans are trying
to create a budget that's more in line with this
sort of flim vision of government funding that President Trump'
says that he wants. The Senate's version is a little
bit more amenable to getting some Democrats on board, which
they'll need in the Senate. How this all works out,
(22:27):
I do not yet know. It is typical in the
month of September that we would see all this sort
of finger pointing going on. As we get to the
end of the month, when the pressure is really on,
that's when will start disese, a real reallyd dealing.
Speaker 1 (22:38):
Yeah, I understand what you're saying. There are some Republicans
that are going to be a problem, and they were
a problem last time. And that's the people that feel
like enough isn't being cut. Well. While the Democrats are saying,
you can't cut this, you can't cut this, you can't
cut this, there are some Republicans that you can't cut enough.
And they were the holdouts last time. They came around
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at the very last minute, but they were the holdouts
last time. Is that going to play out again? Is
that what's expected again?
Speaker 12 (23:08):
Yeah, certainly, you'll see a number of Republicans, especially in
the House, arguing that they are just not seeing enough
cuts in whatever is being proposed to make them satisfied.
They look at the sort of balloting federal deficit, they
look at President Trump's caught promises to bring that down.
They say that pretty much universally, whatever solution gets brought
ut will likely not be enough for them. That's because
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they want really drastic cuts that oftentimes can't be achieved
and passed. Typically, for something like this to be resolved,
President Trump has to weigh in himself. He has to
kind of get in there and really negotiate with those members.
They usually fall in line behind whatever it is that
he wants, but it takes a little bit of time
and usually a little bit of brand standing on the
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House floor before we really see a breakthrough on.
Speaker 1 (23:52):
That stuff, and he has to make some promises to
them as well. There's a little bit of horse trading
that goes on in this entire thing, and that's why
some times those who hold out make out the best
because they get some promises just really quick. I know
you got to go, but let's just really quick. The
Epstein files Today is going to be a big day, yeah.
Speaker 13 (24:12):
That straight through Lee.
Speaker 12 (24:13):
Last night we saw the House over Site Committee release
a tranch of documents related to the Epstein Files, about
thirty thousand pages of documents, so not very much new
information that we were able to find in it. I
will say, however, that today is going to be a
very big day on Capitol Hill because we will see
a number of Jeffrey Epstein's victims speaking out publicly in
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this very public press conference. And so when they begin speaking,
it's a little bit I'm clear right now whether that's
going to be enough to force this issue to the
House floor and really get things moving in terms of
releasing more of those documents.
Speaker 1 (24:46):
Thank you so much, Shellie picorin ABC News correspondent on
Capitol Hill, Thanks so much for your time, Ali, thank you. Yeah,
the Epstein files are going to dominate today. I mean,
I don't care what's going on with the budget. That's
going to dominate. That's all anybody's going to be talking about.
Because it's a little bit titillating, you know what I mean.
It's it's a big mystery and it involves a sex ring,
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and so it is going to capture everybody's attention today.
It's supposed to start at ten thirty and everybody, at
least all the cable news they're going to be covering it.
Many of them are going to be covering it live.
Both sides are looking for something in this now. The
Democrats and Hope upon Hope upon Hope want Donald Trump
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to be, you know, involved in this somehow. But everybody
so far that seeing the files, everybody, Julie and Maxwell,
they all say he's not in there. He's not in there,
So they're not going to get their wish on that.
Are there going to be some powerful people in there? Yes,
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that's according to even people that came out of the
behind closed doors session with the victims, came out and said, yes,
there are powerful people that need to be held accountable
and need to be arrested. First thing that Paulina Luna said,
the congresswoman when she came out, and she was visibly shaken,
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and she came out and said, there are some very
powerful people in this world and in this country that
need to be arrested, need to be behind bars right now.
So and I'll tell you what I mean. It sounds
like the fact that these victims are now going to
make themselves public, it shows you and some of them
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for the first time. I mean, there's been some of
the victims we've seen on television and have've testified before.
These are some of the victims that say this is
so important to them now that they get justice for
what happened to them, that they are going to speak
out today. It is going to be powerful. And if
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they're going to say what I expect them to say,
then this is important. If you have victims, if you
have young women who were lured and then forced to
have sex with powerful men just so others could profit
from it, then that's important and it should be exposed,
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and those victims deserve justice. For the longest time, there
was this feeling that they wanted it to go away.
They went into hiding, they wanted to get on with
their lives, and they wanted to put all this behind them.
But if there's a significant number that want this all
out there, then let the chips fall where they may,
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because they are all that's important in this. Let's continue
to talk about the Epstein files in our next segment,
What do New Yorkers think about the Epstein files? That
is going to be interesting WRS. Natalie Migliori gets the
Beat on the Street. Next.
Speaker 2 (28:09):
Now it's sevent ten Wars Beat on the Street with
Natalie Migliori.
Speaker 1 (28:16):
The Jeffrey Epstein files are back in the news and
it's going to be big news today when some of
the victims testify in front of Congress. So what do
New Yorkers think about the Epstein files. Natalie Mgliori gets
the Beat on the Street.
Speaker 8 (28:32):
Good morning, Natalie, Yeah, good morning Larry.
Speaker 13 (28:35):
You know, people might be wondering, why was it quiet
for a little bit and then all of a sudden,
the Epstein files have reruptured in a sense, Well, lawmakers
were on break, and now the drama returns as they
returned to Capitol Hill. So it was certainly an interesting
morning on the streets of New York. A day after
the Congressional House Committee investigating the Jeffrey Epstein case released
(28:59):
thirty three eight thousand files related to the matter. The
catch many of those files were already public. It comes
to the Department of Justice bases accusations of covering up
the case. New Yorkers playing into the idea the government
is trying to protect someone. It's not a lot of someone.
Speaker 14 (29:20):
Definitely the President. Some of the others were probably swept
along with it, you know.
Speaker 4 (29:23):
So probably trying to say facists for certain people.
Speaker 15 (29:28):
I am not surprised. I think the government hides a
lot of things from us, and when it suits them,
then they doctor it up and make it look how
they need to make it look.
Speaker 5 (29:36):
It's a whole like covery scheme, you know, in the government.
That's what the government usually do. They like to cover
up stuff so.
Speaker 16 (29:42):
To keep us in the frenzy because they all know
what's truly going on behind closed doors, you know what
I mean, We the public don't know nothing, unfortunately, so
we just gonna have to sit back and watch what happens.
Speaker 13 (29:53):
Well, today, what's happening is Congress members are joining women
who say they are Epstein victims at a press conference
to call for even more files to be made public
and more testimony will happen on Capitol Hill. New Yorkers
feel this case will drag on, but they know what
they want the result to be.
Speaker 11 (30:10):
I hope everything goes the way it's supposed to go,
and the people who are guilty or guilty.
Speaker 14 (30:14):
But I don't really follow it, the whole dirty truth.
You know whoever is involved, you know, the royalty in
England or or the politicians here or whoever it is. So,
I mean, these there kids, it's just little kids. They
shouldn't be Oh, it's just sick.
Speaker 4 (30:29):
But if this is the thing that causes us to
get Trump out of office and the country back on track,
I will take I will embrace it with both hands.
Speaker 13 (30:39):
Of course, The President has been facing pressure to release
Epstein related documents, his apparent hesitance leading to speculation that
he may be implicated somehow in the files. Earlier this summer, however,
the President did campaign on debunking Epstein related conspiracy theories.
Like if the disgraced financier really died by suicide, that's
(31:01):
still a topic till this day.
Speaker 16 (31:03):
Justice needs to be served. And I found it very
funny that the minute he got wrapped up, he committed suicide.
I found that very strange.
Speaker 13 (31:11):
So do you think he really killed himself?
Speaker 1 (31:13):
Yes, I do.
Speaker 14 (31:14):
I don't think he killed himself, you know. I mean
it's particularly so that they showed there's all that missing
time in the tapes, you know. I think he had
a little help on his way.
Speaker 5 (31:24):
I don't think maybe, you know, they send somebody into like,
you know, because it happens. You watch a movie where
like they send people you know in and like I
supposed to kill them because they don't want all the
evidence to come out or you know, things to show
like what happened. So I don't think he did that.
Speaker 13 (31:40):
So, Larry, those conspiracy theories are alive and well, as
we hear, a lot of New Yorkers this morning don't
really seem to care. They've got bigger fish to fry.
Speaker 15 (31:53):
I don't really have questions. That makes sense to me.
Rich people do things and they get away with things,
and when you have money, you can kind of like
do that it's sucks, but that's kind of the reality
of it right now.
Speaker 4 (32:02):
Epstein files are my lowest priority, but the least to
my worries where President Trump is concerned. I'm concerned with
the way he has absolutely gutted them, the CDC and FDA,
cause my friends and loved ones to live in fear,
and nothing he is doing is anywhere within the bounds
of the law. Honestly, I have no idea what's going
(32:22):
on with that, so I have can't even give you
a question right now.
Speaker 5 (32:24):
I'm on my way to work.
Speaker 12 (32:25):
Honestly, I just got back from Spain, so I'm like
literally trying to get work done.
Speaker 6 (32:32):
Well.
Speaker 13 (32:32):
I was trying to get work done too this morning, Larry.
So as you hear, some people really invested in President
Trump sort of getting taken down by these files in
a sense, and other people just really curious about what happens.
They really want information behind closed doors.
Speaker 1 (32:55):
I thought that was leading to a SoundBite. I apologize. Yeah,
I for the longest time have been conflicted about this story, Natalie.
At first I thought it was ridiculous. At first, I
thought it's over. He's dead, she's in jail. Why do
we have to continue talking about this. But I think
that the people that you talked with are some of
(33:18):
them are a little bit misguided in their politics, but
they are certainly on the right track that this is
right now. I believe this is all political, because why
else except for the fact. Except for the fact, and
this is a big exception, there may be some powerful
men who committed crimes and got away with it because
(33:39):
they were powerful, they were rich, and they had connections.
If the victims want them exposed, I'm all with them,
and so that is the only wholesome truth, That is
the only thing that we should be going after. The
politics of it really doesn't concern me, right.
Speaker 13 (34:00):
I'd be interested to see if somebody you know, was
willing to publicly point fingers, especially if these victims are
coming forward as in this is the person and name people.
It's really interesting too that a lot of names are
redacted in these files, so you're not really sure who
was on the flights, like who was in the flight
logs and everything like that. So I think people who
(34:21):
are super invested, maybe not this morning, but people who
are super invested in this case really want the nitty gritty.
They want to understand you know who's involved, and you're right,
powerful people. They want them held accountable.
Speaker 1 (34:32):
Yeah, and you can't redact a videotape. So if there
are videotapes and there's faces there, you can show those
faces and that's proof in court. So that's what I'm
the most interested in this whole thing. Thanks so much,
Natalie Migliori. A boat is blown out of the water
as part of the president's war on the cartels. Will
fill you in in all the details coming up after
(34:53):
the nine o'clock news
Good morning, thanks for being with us this morning. And
the Big Three. President Trump says he is sending the
National Guard into Chicago whether they like it or not. Well,
we're going in. I didn't say when we're going in
when you lose. Look, I have an obligation. This isn't
a political thing. I have an obligation. He does have
(00:20):
an obligation, so does the governor, and so does the mayor.
But they've been ignoring their obligation because they're so blinded
by a hatred of Donald Trump. They won't save the
lives of their own people. After meeting with ten victims
of Jeffrey Epstein's the House Oversight Committee releases thousands of files,
(00:42):
but they're heavily redacted. Now they're going to hold a
public hearing with some of those same victims today. This
is what Congressman Thomas Massey said about it yesterday.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
What's going to change everything is tomorrow at ten thirty,
when we the survivors testifying in public, some of whom
have never spoken publicly. And they've already met with the
Oversight Committee and its allegedly a very emotional meeting, and
that's all behind closed stores. But it's going to be
(01:14):
open to the public.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
So we'll have more on that tomorrow. But ten thirty today,
if you want to watch it, it's going to be
covered by all of the networks. In the New York
City's mayor all raised candidates Jim Walden. He was running fifth.
Remember he had about three percent of the vote. He's
ended his campaign, But the most important thing is he's
urging other candidates to do the same. But at this point,
(01:39):
it's really important that there'd be one free market candidate
against the socialist agenda of mister mumdani Well. It was
the first day back to school for many kids in
New York State. On Long Island, they were back to
school and the first day of a no cell phone ban, which,
by the way, gotten reviews. I don't really like it.
Speaker 3 (02:02):
I'll come is like is born today.
Speaker 4 (02:05):
I felt like like I paid attention.
Speaker 5 (02:07):
Yeah productive, is.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
That a good thing?
Speaker 5 (02:09):
Yeah it's a good thing.
Speaker 1 (02:12):
Yeah it's we'll see if it's a good thing. I'm
surprised that so many of the kids that I saw
interviewed about this actually liked it, and they were the
kids that said that they're they're learning from this. So
by the way that wildfire in Passaic County that we
talked about. Seventy acres were on fire. One hundred acres
is considered a major wildfire. It's it's taking place at
(02:36):
a reserve that was as of this morning, and we
were supposed to get an update at eight thirty on that.
So at the bottom of the hour, we will certainly
tell you about that. In the meantime, i'll tell you
what ten thirty today on MSNBC and CNN and Fox News.
(02:56):
It's going to be musty TV for a whole lot
of people that are interested in in the Epstein files,
because we're going to hear from victims that have never
spoken out before. And I've said this many times, many
many times, and I stick to this. I've been back
and forth on the Epstein files. At first, I thought,
what's all the fuss about. Then I thought, okay, we
(03:17):
should send them out. My feeling right now is I
want what the victims want. They're the ones that matter,
They're the ones that have a stake in this. If
they want the files out, I'm with them. If they
don't want the files out, then I don't want the
files out either, because it's going to hurt them. Too much.
They are the only ones that matter in this argument.
(03:41):
And with that, now let's get to Vicki Pallandino, new
York City Council member represents District nineteen of Northeast Queens
with us every Wednesday at this time, and Vicky, I
wanted to talk to you about Jim Walden dropping out
of the race. Not that that's that significant because he
never caught fire. He's about three percent in the polls.
But what was significant is what he said from the
(04:04):
very beginning, and that is, if I don't see a
path to victory, I'm going to drop out. And I
think others with no path to victory should do the same,
so we can stop zorin, Mom, Donnie, do you think
the same thing?
Speaker 6 (04:21):
He was very profound. I mean, I always liked the guy.
There was something about him that I saw in the debates.
There's something real about this guy, and that just goes
to show that anybody who felt that way was correct.
Decent human beings saw the writing on the wall. But
let's remember also, his polling numbers were so so incredibly
(04:45):
low that he did absolutely the right thing to do,
which was to drop out. As far as anybody else goes.
I think we all know that Cuomo is not going anywhere,
Adams is not going any where, and Curtis is having
a surge that I don't think really should be ignored anymore.
(05:06):
And I'll tell you why I think that he was.
He spoke last night at a place in Queen's called
north Shore Towers. North Shore Towers populates thousands of people
and it's blue dog liberal Democrats, and he filled the
auditorium last night that speaks volumes. They would never they rarely,
(05:29):
if ever had a Republican speak there. So he got
up on that stage and he stated exactly what his
plans are, which was an excellent way to go because
his first line was I could get up here and
talk about the other candidates, but I won't do that.
Let me lay out my vision. And he took it
(05:51):
from there and the crowd loved it. So, you know,
the other thing that's worth mentioning, Larry is the fact
that Zoe Ran has never been able to break more
than forty percent and his polling if you if you
notice that, you know he's not bringing any new voters
to a so called coalition, and uh, you know that
one poll I think it was a week or two ago.
(06:14):
Everybody was freaking out because he pulled at fifty percent.
Well that's fifty percent was an anomaly. He was done
by his own people. So and who's just people, Larry.
He's not popular with the working class New Yorkers. He's
not popular, you know, with our bus drivers and with
our you know, real people. He's he's he's with these
(06:38):
affluent transplants, you know, young people, and uh, you know
this is it? They work for non for profits.
Speaker 1 (06:48):
Yeah, I know, I know who he is, and I'm
afraid of him, and I, like you are, I'm afraid
of him. So let me ask you this question, let
me rephrase him. Yeah, because I love Curtis Lee with
two I do. He's been great to me in my
career and and I'm a friend, and I hope he
does well. However, right, IFMO is a running second, and
(07:08):
it's a month from now and it looks like Zuramam
Donnie is going to win, wouldn't it be wise for
not only Eric Adams, but Curtis Lee would a drop out?
Speaker 6 (07:21):
And like you say, he's a friend of mine too,
and a really good friend of mine. You know what, Larry,
I won't speak to that because in my opinion, he's
the legitimate and I think in everybody's opinion he is
the legitimate Republican candidate. I know what everybody's saying about Cuomo.
(07:45):
I'm going to still take that wait and see attitude
because Zoe an it's an oxymoron that he's the legitimate
Democrat candidate, because he's not. He's a Democrat socialist. However,
let's see how Cuomo does. Cuomo is still I feel
I don't care what the polls say. He's lacking the
(08:08):
zest and he's lacking, uh that that that push that
he really needs to do to show up against this
young person. I think Curtis brings such a history with
him and such a good history with him that, uh,
it's just the fabric of Curtis Leewa. So I would say,
(08:30):
let's wait this out, Let's see what's gonna happen. Happy
September everybody, Yeah, how long are.
Speaker 1 (08:37):
You willing to wait? Before years? You say?
Speaker 6 (08:40):
You know, I'm gonna I'm gonna go a couple of
weeks in Larry, I'm going to go into We're only
on the third of September. I'm going to go into
like next week when we speak, and definitely the week
after that. I think we're going to have to have
some very serious conversations. But with that to the side,
you know, you said you know Kur artist and you
(09:01):
say you're a friend and you know him, so I
know him too. Do you honestly think in your gut
that this guy is gonna pull out no matter what
the poland numbers says.
Speaker 1 (09:11):
No, I don't, absolutely don't. And by the way, if
it's saving the city from a socialist, if it is,
and I'm not saying we're at that point right now,
if it is, I hope he does the right thing.
Speaker 6 (09:23):
Yes, you know, I think everybody's hoping for that. And uh,
like I said, there's a lot of conversation going on,
but not about dropping out. There's a lot of conversation
going on in the campaign that you know, you could
do this, you could do this, but it comes to time, Larry,
where numbers don't lie, and uh, you know, we will
(09:45):
have to decide from that point going forward. I spoke yesterday, Oh,
by the way, if I could push this out, hey, everybody,
Vicky Palladino's running for office.
Speaker 1 (09:57):
My band, I didn't forget that. I didn't forget that
we got carried away with this conversation. Let me do this.
You'll be back next week. That's all we'll talk about
is your campaign. Okay, let's do it.
Speaker 6 (10:11):
No no, no, no, no, I don't want to talk about it.
My grand opening is this Saturday at the Bay Terror
Shopping Center from one to four of my campaign headquarters.
If anybody wants to come join us, it's the Bay
Terrace Shopping Center in Baseiquin.
Speaker 1 (10:25):
I'm glad we got that in great. Thank you very much.
Counsel the council woman Vicki Palladino is with us. Every
Wednesday at eight o five, police find a five year
old at Chick fil A by himself and his parents. Now, well,
if they're there, they have some explaining to do. We'll
tell you what happened next. Plus tickets to see Hugh Jackman.
So stay with us. Well, thanks so much for your talkbacks.
(10:47):
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and then you're on the air.
Speaker 7 (11:14):
Larry, I just want to thank you for your recommendation
on Rolling Thunder. I went over the weekend with my
son and it was fantastic.
Speaker 8 (11:25):
I heard you talking about it one Monday morning, So
I just want to thank you. Keep the recommendations coming.
And you know, Larry, you're good for so many different things.
Speaker 1 (11:38):
Oh wow, I don't know how to take that. How
many things? What am I good for? Because my wife
would absolutely disagree with that. She would say, there's a
couple things you're good for, but really nothing else.
Speaker 9 (11:53):
When are these democrats going to understand that every one
of these crime bridden cities are run by democrats. One
of the people that vote are going to look at
this and say, oh, you know what, there's a big
crime problem in these cities that are run by democrats.
Let's change it out, get these people out of here,
let's fix it, and if we need help, ask for help.
(12:16):
I just don't understand these morons.
Speaker 1 (12:19):
Yeah, I'm with you. There are absolute crime problems in
democratic cities because of democratic policies. It's only in those
democratic cities and states where you have sanctuary city laws.
That is a recipe for disaster right there. And then
when you add no cash bail on top of that,
(12:40):
so you know you have now criminals to come across
the border. They know where to go. That's why they're
asking to go to New York. That's why they're asking
to go to Chicago. That's why they're asking you to
go to la They know they're going to be protected
there from the police and from ice, so they go
there and then they commit crimes and they know they're
going to be let out over and over and over again.
(13:01):
It is the dumbest policies and the fact that they
don't see that, the fact that they can't go you
know what, we're wrong, or just not even say you're wrong,
just get rid of the policies. But they keep doubling
it down, Democrat after Democrat after a Democrat. You'd think
a new one would come in and go, hey, these
guys didn't know what they were doing in the past,
(13:22):
but none of that happens. By the way, I've talked
too much about what I'm good for not about Rolling Thunder.
Tremendous play, and thanks for the first talk back about that.
It's a wonderful play about Vietnam, and all the words
are actually written by Vietnam veterans and passed along after
interviews and letters. If you get a chance to see it,
(13:45):
please and especially if you're a veteran, go to see it.
Speaker 8 (13:48):
I believe we can do the Epstein files and everything
else at the same time. We can walk and chew
gum at the same time.
Speaker 1 (14:00):
Yeah. Again, I'll do whatever the victims want if they
want Tom released, but I don't see the overall benefit
of doing it. And now one last talk back about
Jeffrey Lickman.
Speaker 10 (14:12):
Jeffrey Lickman might be Adams doesn't belong anywhere near in
government Sliwa. I'm sorry, but he's right. The guy is
living some fighting some other board, doing something else. But
(14:34):
Cuomo wants Cuomo doing anything.
Speaker 1 (14:40):
Yeah, it's not a great choice, but it's the choice
we got, so you have to understand that. That's what's important.
Now the News at eight thirty with Jacqueline Carl, Jacquelin.
Speaker 11 (14:50):
Larry, Good Morning, Victims of late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein,
and Gallainne Maxwell will speak about their abuse on Capitol
Hill today. It's the latest chapter and what's turned into
the contentious investigation into the so called Epstein files.
Speaker 1 (15:04):
At A school board.
Speaker 11 (15:05):
On Long Island is approving a settlement with New York
State that tweaks their mascot name to comply with state law.
Speaker 3 (15:12):
The connect Quatt Central School District has voted to use
the name T Birds instead of Thunderbirds. This is part
of a settlement deal after the state sue the district
for refusing to change the name. New state law bands
Native American names and mascots in public schools. The settlement
allows the district to keep the imagery and logos that
go along with the T Birds name. I'm Scottpringle wrdw's.
Speaker 11 (15:33):
Has anybody ever heard of this? Larry the three three
three method that can boost productivity and focus in part
of it, neither of IY so listen to this. It's
according to Bustle, which is a woman's online magazine, a
productivity started by a guy. A productivity hack known as
the three through three method is going viral on social media,
(15:55):
and fans say it helps them stay organized, focused, and
productive without getting a overwhelmed. I'm already overwhelmed by the
first three. The first three is doing three whole hours
of deep work on a major product to kickstart the day.
That's followed by break, and then doing three time sensitive
things that need to happen asap, and finally three tasks
(16:19):
you need to complete to keep your life running smoothly.
Do any of these threes evolve going to a job
or are you supposed to be at the job doing them?
I don't understand.
Speaker 1 (16:28):
I would assume you're at the job, but I'm out.
I was out of the after the first one, right, yeah, no,
so yeah, Now who is this person saying this?
Speaker 11 (16:37):
This is according to this magazine called Bustle of women's
online magazine.
Speaker 1 (16:41):
All right, so is it the writer or they talk
to an expert about that?
Speaker 11 (16:48):
I mean, I'm on Bustle here a gun to my head.
Speaker 1 (16:50):
I don't know if that, but this is what this is.
Speaker 11 (16:53):
Is like somebody came up with this and it just
went viral on social media. I don't know if it
was an expert gun to my head, I would say.
Speaker 1 (17:00):
No, I don't think so. Thank you, Thanks so much,
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Speaker 12 (18:23):
Well.
Speaker 1 (18:24):
After a nice long break, Congress is now back to
business and what is on top of the agenda, I mean,
aside from the Epstein files and the Epstein hearing. Another
government shutdown. Yep, we're there again. Let's talk to alipicorin
(18:46):
ABC News correspondent on Capitol Hill about this. Ali, I
can't believe this just keeps happening. It seems like it's
happening several times a year that we're facing the barrel
of a gun that the government's going to be shut down,
and that sucks up all the attention. How did it
happen so quickly?
Speaker 12 (19:06):
Yeah, you're right, this is a constant issue on Capitol Hill,
and especially in the last couple of years, we've been
seeing government funding kind of percolating as an issue every
couple of months. That's largely because of the way that
Congress has been choosing to deal with sort of these
increased tensions on Capitol Hill about funding the government. So
rather than passing a full year government funding package at
(19:27):
the end of this month, as lawmakers typically do, lately,
we've been seeing Congress governed through these things called the
continuing resolutions, which means they only usually last a few
months at the time. Now, the last thing we thought
Congress pass a continuing resolution was in March that funded
the government until the end of this coming month. But
here we are again back at this issue, and there's
a lot of debate going on about Capitol Hill about
(19:48):
how they want to precede any solution that they come
up with. It's going to require at least some democratic
buying in the Senate. So there's a lot of back
and forth going on right now about how to get
to a solution that both parties can agree.
Speaker 1 (20:00):
Why is there any end to this cycle? It seems
like these continuing resolutions just keep happening, and it's a
roller coaster of fights over these budgets, and yet then
we have it in just a couple of months after that.
What has to happen to stop this continuing cycle?
Speaker 12 (20:21):
Yeah, I mean, lawmakers need to get it through their
head that there needs to be a little bit more
prioritization on funding the government for full year CRS if
that's what they want to do. So normally, what Congress
is supposed to do is pass this big package of
government funding bills at the end of the month of September,
that's the end of the fiscal year that funds everything
for the entire year. Typically, though there's been more and
(20:44):
more partisan bickering going on. It's harder and harder to
get to a solution on all twelve of those bills
and pass them. And that's why Congress passes these continuing resolutions,
because they have to kick the deadline down for themselves
to continue having these discussions every year. There's sort of
this renewed push government funding bills. This year of the Congress,
or at least the Senate side had taken up a
(21:04):
few of those bills and past them. That won't be
enough to stop the government from at least a partial shutdown,
but that there's still just this very contentious environment on
Capitol Hill right now how to deal with these things,
especially as this administration has made cutting fundings from the
government a very big part of President Trump's priority list.
Speaker 1 (21:23):
Right there's a very slim majority, as you know, in
both the House and the Senate, so sometimes it's difficult
to get anything through. They were pretty good the last
time they had a budget. All the Republicans got in
line and they were able to get something through. Do
they think it's going to be seamless again this time,
or is it going to be a problem right now.
Speaker 12 (21:45):
There's a lot of finger pointing going on across the island,
across the chambers on Capitol Hill, So Democrats blaming Republicans
for a looming shutdown, Republicans blaming Democrats. I should also
say that while Democrats are trying to sort of stake
out exactly how they want to navigate this debate in
the Senate, there's also a bit of a divide right
now between how House Republicans and Senate Republicans want to
(22:06):
deal with government funding. Senate Republicans have higher budget levels
in a number of areas, whereas House Republicans are trying
to create a budget that's more in line with this
sort of flim vision of government funding that President Trump'
says that he wants. The Senate's version is a little
bit more amenable to getting some Democrats on board, which
they'll need in the Senate. How this all works out,
(22:27):
I do not yet know. It is typical in the
month of September that we would see all this sort
of finger pointing going on. As we get to the
end of the month, when the pressure is really on,
that's when will start disese, a real reallyd dealing.
Speaker 1 (22:38):
Yeah, I understand what you're saying. There are some Republicans
that are going to be a problem, and they were
a problem last time. And that's the people that feel
like enough isn't being cut. Well. While the Democrats are saying,
you can't cut this, you can't cut this, you can't
cut this, there are some Republicans that you can't cut enough.
And they were the holdouts last time. They came around
(23:00):
at the very last minute, but they were the holdouts
last time. Is that going to play out again? Is
that what's expected again?
Speaker 12 (23:08):
Yeah, certainly, you'll see a number of Republicans, especially in
the House, arguing that they are just not seeing enough
cuts in whatever is being proposed to make them satisfied.
They look at the sort of balloting federal deficit, they
look at President Trump's caught promises to bring that down.
They say that pretty much universally, whatever solution gets brought
ut will likely not be enough for them. That's because
(23:29):
they want really drastic cuts that oftentimes can't be achieved
and passed. Typically, for something like this to be resolved,
President Trump has to weigh in himself. He has to
kind of get in there and really negotiate with those members.
They usually fall in line behind whatever it is that
he wants, but it takes a little bit of time
and usually a little bit of brand standing on the
(23:50):
House floor before we really see a breakthrough on.
Speaker 1 (23:52):
That stuff, and he has to make some promises to
them as well. There's a little bit of horse trading
that goes on in this entire thing, and that's why
some times those who hold out make out the best
because they get some promises just really quick. I know
you got to go, but let's just really quick. The
Epstein files Today is going to be a big day, yeah.
Speaker 13 (24:12):
That straight through Lee.
Speaker 12 (24:13):
Last night we saw the House over Site Committee release
a tranch of documents related to the Epstein Files, about
thirty thousand pages of documents, so not very much new
information that we were able to find in it. I
will say, however, that today is going to be a
very big day on Capitol Hill because we will see
a number of Jeffrey Epstein's victims speaking out publicly in
(24:35):
this very public press conference. And so when they begin speaking,
it's a little bit I'm clear right now whether that's
going to be enough to force this issue to the
House floor and really get things moving in terms of
releasing more of those documents.
Speaker 1 (24:46):
Thank you so much, Shellie picorin ABC News correspondent on
Capitol Hill, Thanks so much for your time, Ali, thank you. Yeah,
the Epstein files are going to dominate today. I mean,
I don't care what's going on with the budget. That's
going to dominate. That's all anybody's going to be talking about.
Because it's a little bit titillating, you know what I mean.
It's it's a big mystery and it involves a sex ring,
(25:10):
and so it is going to capture everybody's attention today.
It's supposed to start at ten thirty and everybody, at
least all the cable news they're going to be covering it.
Many of them are going to be covering it live.
Both sides are looking for something in this now. The
Democrats and Hope upon Hope upon Hope want Donald Trump
(25:31):
to be, you know, involved in this somehow. But everybody
so far that seeing the files, everybody, Julie and Maxwell,
they all say he's not in there. He's not in there,
So they're not going to get their wish on that.
Are there going to be some powerful people in there? Yes,
(25:55):
that's according to even people that came out of the
behind closed doors session with the victims, came out and said, yes,
there are powerful people that need to be held accountable
and need to be arrested. First thing that Paulina Luna said,
the congresswoman when she came out, and she was visibly shaken,
(26:18):
and she came out and said, there are some very
powerful people in this world and in this country that
need to be arrested, need to be behind bars right now.
So and I'll tell you what I mean. It sounds
like the fact that these victims are now going to
make themselves public, it shows you and some of them
(26:40):
for the first time. I mean, there's been some of
the victims we've seen on television and have've testified before.
These are some of the victims that say this is
so important to them now that they get justice for
what happened to them, that they are going to speak
out today. It is going to be powerful. And if
(27:03):
they're going to say what I expect them to say,
then this is important. If you have victims, if you
have young women who were lured and then forced to
have sex with powerful men just so others could profit
from it, then that's important and it should be exposed,
(27:28):
and those victims deserve justice. For the longest time, there
was this feeling that they wanted it to go away.
They went into hiding, they wanted to get on with
their lives, and they wanted to put all this behind them.
But if there's a significant number that want this all
out there, then let the chips fall where they may,
(27:51):
because they are all that's important in this. Let's continue
to talk about the Epstein files in our next segment,
What do New Yorkers think about the Epstein files? That
is going to be interesting WRS. Natalie Migliori gets the
Beat on the Street. Next.
Speaker 2 (28:09):
Now it's sevent ten Wars Beat on the Street with
Natalie Migliori.
Speaker 1 (28:16):
The Jeffrey Epstein files are back in the news and
it's going to be big news today when some of
the victims testify in front of Congress. So what do
New Yorkers think about the Epstein files. Natalie Mgliori gets
the Beat on the Street.
Speaker 8 (28:32):
Good morning, Natalie, Yeah, good morning Larry.
Speaker 13 (28:35):
You know, people might be wondering, why was it quiet
for a little bit and then all of a sudden,
the Epstein files have reruptured in a sense, Well, lawmakers
were on break, and now the drama returns as they
returned to Capitol Hill. So it was certainly an interesting
morning on the streets of New York. A day after
the Congressional House Committee investigating the Jeffrey Epstein case released
(28:59):
thirty three eight thousand files related to the matter. The
catch many of those files were already public. It comes
to the Department of Justice bases accusations of covering up
the case. New Yorkers playing into the idea the government
is trying to protect someone. It's not a lot of someone.
Speaker 14 (29:20):
Definitely the President. Some of the others were probably swept
along with it, you know.
Speaker 4 (29:23):
So probably trying to say facists for certain people.
Speaker 15 (29:28):
I am not surprised. I think the government hides a
lot of things from us, and when it suits them,
then they doctor it up and make it look how
they need to make it look.
Speaker 5 (29:36):
It's a whole like covery scheme, you know, in the government.
That's what the government usually do. They like to cover
up stuff so.
Speaker 16 (29:42):
To keep us in the frenzy because they all know
what's truly going on behind closed doors, you know what
I mean, We the public don't know nothing, unfortunately, so
we just gonna have to sit back and watch what happens.
Speaker 13 (29:53):
Well, today, what's happening is Congress members are joining women
who say they are Epstein victims at a press conference
to call for even more files to be made public
and more testimony will happen on Capitol Hill. New Yorkers
feel this case will drag on, but they know what
they want the result to be.
Speaker 11 (30:10):
I hope everything goes the way it's supposed to go,
and the people who are guilty or guilty.
Speaker 14 (30:14):
But I don't really follow it, the whole dirty truth.
You know whoever is involved, you know, the royalty in
England or or the politicians here or whoever it is. So,
I mean, these there kids, it's just little kids. They
shouldn't be Oh, it's just sick.
Speaker 4 (30:29):
But if this is the thing that causes us to
get Trump out of office and the country back on track,
I will take I will embrace it with both hands.
Speaker 13 (30:39):
Of course, The President has been facing pressure to release
Epstein related documents, his apparent hesitance leading to speculation that
he may be implicated somehow in the files. Earlier this summer, however,
the President did campaign on debunking Epstein related conspiracy theories.
Like if the disgraced financier really died by suicide, that's
(31:01):
still a topic till this day.
Speaker 16 (31:03):
Justice needs to be served. And I found it very
funny that the minute he got wrapped up, he committed suicide.
I found that very strange.
Speaker 13 (31:11):
So do you think he really killed himself?
Speaker 1 (31:13):
Yes, I do.
Speaker 14 (31:14):
I don't think he killed himself, you know. I mean
it's particularly so that they showed there's all that missing
time in the tapes, you know. I think he had
a little help on his way.
Speaker 5 (31:24):
I don't think maybe, you know, they send somebody into like,
you know, because it happens. You watch a movie where
like they send people you know in and like I
supposed to kill them because they don't want all the
evidence to come out or you know, things to show
like what happened. So I don't think he did that.
Speaker 13 (31:40):
So, Larry, those conspiracy theories are alive and well, as
we hear, a lot of New Yorkers this morning don't
really seem to care. They've got bigger fish to fry.
Speaker 15 (31:53):
I don't really have questions. That makes sense to me.
Rich people do things and they get away with things,
and when you have money, you can kind of like
do that it's sucks, but that's kind of the reality
of it right now.
Speaker 4 (32:02):
Epstein files are my lowest priority, but the least to
my worries where President Trump is concerned. I'm concerned with
the way he has absolutely gutted them, the CDC and FDA,
cause my friends and loved ones to live in fear,
and nothing he is doing is anywhere within the bounds
of the law. Honestly, I have no idea what's going
(32:22):
on with that, so I have can't even give you
a question right now.
Speaker 5 (32:24):
I'm on my way to work.
Speaker 12 (32:25):
Honestly, I just got back from Spain, so I'm like
literally trying to get work done.
Speaker 6 (32:32):
Well.
Speaker 13 (32:32):
I was trying to get work done too this morning, Larry.
So as you hear, some people really invested in President
Trump sort of getting taken down by these files in
a sense, and other people just really curious about what happens.
They really want information behind closed doors.
Speaker 1 (32:55):
I thought that was leading to a SoundBite. I apologize. Yeah,
I for the longest time have been conflicted about this story, Natalie.
At first I thought it was ridiculous. At first, I
thought it's over. He's dead, she's in jail. Why do
we have to continue talking about this. But I think
that the people that you talked with are some of
(33:18):
them are a little bit misguided in their politics, but
they are certainly on the right track that this is
right now. I believe this is all political, because why
else except for the fact. Except for the fact, and
this is a big exception, there may be some powerful
men who committed crimes and got away with it because
(33:39):
they were powerful, they were rich, and they had connections.
If the victims want them exposed, I'm all with them,
and so that is the only wholesome truth, That is
the only thing that we should be going after. The
politics of it really doesn't concern me, right.
Speaker 13 (34:00):
I'd be interested to see if somebody you know, was
willing to publicly point fingers, especially if these victims are
coming forward as in this is the person and name people.
It's really interesting too that a lot of names are
redacted in these files, so you're not really sure who
was on the flights, like who was in the flight
logs and everything like that. So I think people who
(34:21):
are super invested, maybe not this morning, but people who
are super invested in this case really want the nitty gritty.
They want to understand you know who's involved, and you're right,
powerful people. They want them held accountable.
Speaker 1 (34:32):
Yeah, and you can't redact a videotape. So if there
are videotapes and there's faces there, you can show those
faces and that's proof in court. So that's what I'm
the most interested in this whole thing. Thanks so much,
Natalie Migliori. A boat is blown out of the water
as part of the president's war on the cartels. Will
fill you in in all the details coming up after
(34:53):
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